Sydney Reviews

Details: Eliza Eggler; 23 October 2012

Last Thursday's performance of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Sydney Opera House belonged well and truly to the show's outstanding leading-lady - Emma Matthews.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 22 October 2012

I doubt there's a Toowoomba boy who's done quite as well as Geoffrey Saba. Of course, Queensland and Australia ostensibly lost him, to London, may years ago. So it was good to have him back at the acoustically admirable Independent Theatre, in North Sydney.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 19 October 2012

The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas | Canterbury Theatre Guild

I'm not a Whorehouse aficionado. Perhaps I'd better rephrase that. I'm no expert on The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Matter of fact, Canterbury Theatre Guild's shiny, new production, at Bexley rissole, is my first time.

Details: Jodi McAlister; 17 October 2012

Cristabel Sved and Kate Box's new version of August Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie is a good play but not a great one.

Details: Jodi McAlister; 17 October 2012

It would be easy to let this production slip into caricature and melodrama, but director Lee Lewis has very capably left it teetering just on the edge. It's not at all an indulgent production: nothing about it feels laboured.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 15 October 2012

What is it about Medea that has inspired so many playwrights to create their own versions, from Jean Anouilh to Neil Labute to Wesley Enoch?

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 15 October 2012

Crainean's vision is, as always, vigorous, determined and demanding. Demanding of the performers, but also of their audience. It isn't always lucid, but is most assuredly evocative.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 15 October 2012

Heart Dot Com, is an ambitious project involving multiple writers, directed by Olivia Satchell and produced by the equally fearless Liz Toriola.

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